أياO عاجزاًinept one ماno فيin البريَّةcreation عاجزٌan inept person
أيا عاجزاً ما في البريَّة عاجزٌ
بأعجزَany more inept منهthan him أنتyou فيin العجزineptitude مُعجزُastounding
بأعجزَ منه أنت في العجز مُعجزُ
O inept one, no inept soul in creation
O you who are helpless in the wilderness, helpless
is more inept than he; in ineptitude, you are astounding.
With a helplessness more helpless than yours, you are amazing in helplessness
غدَوتَyou have become أميرَprince العاجزينthe inept يقودُهمit leads them
غدَوتَ أميرَ العاجزين يقودُهم
لواؤُكyour banner قدindeed حفُّوكthey have surrounded you ساعةthe moment تَبرُزُyou emerge
لواؤُك قد حفُّوك ساعة تَبرُزُ
You have become the prince of the inept; they are led
You have become the commander of the helpless, leading them
by your banner; indeed, they surround you the moment you appear.
Your banner, they have surrounded you when you appear
حمارa donkey كماas تدريyou know بثورwith an ox مُبَطَّنlined
حمار كما تدري بثور مُبَطَّن
وإلاor else فجاموسٌthen a buffalo بتيسٍwith a billy goat مُفَروَزُtrimmed
وإلا فجاموسٌ بتيسٍ مُفَروَزُ
A donkey, as you know, lined with an ox,
Like a donkey, as you know, with a castrated bull
or else a buffalo trimmed with a billy goat.
Otherwise a buffalo with a he-goat is paired